What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland, where a broken stone wall still circles a sloping pasture. The northern edge cuts into the hill, raising the interior face to nearly three metres, while trees and briars strangle the rest. People may have lived inside that tilt or fled it during storms, yet the fort endures as a marker of older hands shaping the land.

Shown as hachured subcircular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; indicated on 1904 and 1940 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (38m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by stone wall (H c. 1m) SE->ENE; replaced by field fence ENE->SE. Breaks in wall to NNE, E and SW. Interior generally slopes gently down to SSW; cut into upslope on N side, giving internal wall height of 2.8m; raised slightly on S side to compensate for hillslope. Wall overgrown with trees, bushes and briars; internally faced with large boulders on N side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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